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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Canonical has announced the upcoming release of the Ubuntu operating system on April 28th 2011 for public download. Ubuntu 11.04 introduces Unity, Ubuntu's new interface, which is simpler, easier to use and more beautiful than previous editions of Ubuntu. This is the culmination of two years' design and engineering effort by Canonical and the Ubuntu community. Ubuntu 11.04 stands out from its competitors as a genuine free alternative to Windows, allowing users to personalise their PC with free and paid apps in a way that’s proven hugely popular in the smartphone and tablet market. "This release breaks new ground for Ubuntu by offering users a PC experience that is stylish and efficient" said Jane Silber, CEO of Canonical. "With this release Ubuntu will recruit an entirely new wave of users to free software. Ubuntu 11.04 is a high watermark for what has been achieved with open-source technologies for the everyday compu

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Salora International Limited (SIL) has introduced Tenda's range of Web Smart Gigabit Switches with the launch of its TEG12xxT series. The TEG1216T (16 Port) and TEG1224T (24 Port) provide management capability and are ideal for small and medium businesses setting up a secure and productive network environment at an affordable price. The Tenda Web Smart Gigabit Switching Series provide 10/100/1000M auto-negotiation RJ-45 port & SFP Ports. It supports automatic switchover between Gigabit electrical interface and Gigabit SFP optical interface. With this the network can be extended from 300ft to over 50 miles using the SFP optical interface. The switch provides intelligent features such as port mirroring, VLAN, Port Security, Traffic Statistics & QoS, making it an excellent choice for small and medium enterprises with serious network needs. Many bandwidth intensive applications like video, voice & data throughput can be conducted

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Novell has announced the general availability of Novell Identity Manager 4 Standard Edition to help customers secure the enterprise while controlling costs and meeting regulatory demands. Part of Novell's WorkloadIQTM portfolio, Novell Identity Manager 4 Standard Edition delivers a consistent, cloud-ready framework for managing identities across physical, virtual and cloud environments. Novell Identity Manager 4 Standard Edition is the second offering in the Identity Manager 4 family, a portfolio of solutions developed to address each customer's unique identity management challenges. Simple systems integration and automation capabilities continue to be a major consideration for IT organizations. Novell Identity Manager 4 Standard Edition combines automated, rule-based user provisioning with current-state reporting, enhanced scalability and tight integration with Microsoft SharePoint and SAP ERP systems. This integration also helps

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE XIUS has announced completion of its efforts to migrate all of its prepaid customers to the new INfinet v14 solution. XIUS' INfinet v14 is designed to enable the mobile operator to quickly launch convergent, real-time prepaid services (e.g. voice, data, messaging and content). INfinet v14 offers flexible service creation support in pay-per-use, bucket plans, unlimited service models, as well as anytime rating. "We continually invest in our managed service solution to ensure it is providing the most competitive and cost-effective prepaid, payment and real-time service control solution to enable regional operators to provide comparable and competitive market offerings, " said G. V. Kumar, Managing Director & CEO, XIUS. "Our state-of-the-art datacenters house recently upgraded platforms for the INfinet v14 solution with a cloud computing architecture that allows for rapid expansion as required to match customers'

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Next Gen Paper Solutions has rolled out online document management service - kleeto. This online and real-time service aims at moving people from clipping documents for storing and sharing to clicking documents for storing and sharing. kleeto secures the papers physically in a highly secured storage with multiple levels of controlled access saving the subscriber from theft, loss, termite, dust, moisture or even kids and the documents can be accessed online anytime and from virtually anywhere in the world. All documents are visible in a single view and are searchable. To access the documents online the user needs to simply log in and access his records at his own convenience. "Managing day-to-day documents like sale deeds, insurance policies, merit certificates, Income Tax documents, degree certificates and medical records or any other important documents are quite burdensome jobs. People do spend their precious time in managing their do

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Blue Coat Systems has introduced its new Cloud Partner Programme to provide a quick and easy path for partners to sell the Blue Coat Cloud Service. The Blue Coat Cloud Service is an Internet-delivered service that leverages proven Blue Coat Web security technology and the collaborative WebPulse community to provide cost-effective Web protection to all users, all the time, anywhere. The Cloud Partner Program includes two new designations: Cloud-Ready and Managed Security Service Provider. The Cloud-Ready designation provides existing Blue Coat partners with the sales and technology training they need to quickly begin selling the new service. The Managed Security Service Provider designation is an advanced designation offering partners the option to white label the Blue Coat Cloud Service and build additional offerings around it. For end-users, the new designations offer an easy way to identify partners that can help them deploy or manage

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE RightScale and Zend Technologies have announced a jointly-developed solution for deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications with high availability, elasticity and portability in the cloud. The new RightScale Zend PHP Solution Pack provides a pre-configured open Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) architecture for faster cloud onboarding while maintaining the ability to customize and control the cloud environment. The RightScale Zend PHP Solution Pack combines the RightScale Cloud Management Platform with the Zend PHP architecture powered by Zend Server, making it the only production-ready solution to instantly provision a pre-configured, clustered PHP environment that scales dynamically while ensuring high availability. Now enterprises can take advantage of a pre-configured, 3-tier high availability (HA) architecture for a faster on-ramp to cloud deployment while retaining full control of the architecture and freedom to choose among

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE WatchGuard has announced availability of Fireware XTM and WSM 11.4.1, with several significant enhancements and many bug fixes in various product areas. Fireware XTM 11.4.1 gives administrators an important new way to safeguard Internet users from objectionable or harmful Web content. The HTTP-Client proxy action now has an option to enforce the safe search filtering included in major search engines to make sure that users, especially children, do not see adult content in their search results. All major search engines are covered, including Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Ask.com. The safe search feature also enforces safety mode on YouTube to filter out and remove any objectionable content or comments. By setting this option at the gateway, administrators override whatever preference their users set in their browsers. Many new applications have been added to the Application Control database since the release of Fireware XTM 11.4. Several usability

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE BIOSTAR MICROTECH has rolled out its new Viotech 3100 motherboards in India. The new offering, which is now available in the market and supports Intel next-generation processor. This feature-rich product comes with on board VIA C7-D 1.6+ GHz CPU and supports FSB 800MHz. In addition, it comes integrated with high definition audio feature and VIA Power Saver Technology. "As a company, it is our constant endeavour to offer best of the products in terms of technology and quality. This new offering from our stable gives a whole new computing experience," commented Spokesperson, BIOSTAR. BIOSTAR Viotech 3100 covers all the latest technologies and offers great features including on-board graphics processor, which in turn helps in cutting down the cost of buying additional graphic cards. BIOSTAR Viotech 3100 comes with PCI Slot and PCI-E x16 Slot expansion slot. In addition, it is embedded with 2 x SATA2 3 GBs Connector, 1 x IDE Connector

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SAP India embarks on its "RUN BETTER Solutions Road Show" to enable Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to gain more insights into the power of SAP solutions and services to achieve business excellence. The road show will allow SMEs across eight Tier-I and Tier-II cities in India, including Indore, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, Pune, Ludhiana, Coimbatore and Aurangabad, amongst others, to access and learn from SAP solutions experts, industry-specific partners and existing customers from successful user organizations. This road show will also feature live demonstrations of solutions, enabling SMEs to experience the benefits first hand. The SAP Run Better road show will reach more than 600 SME organizations, partners and influencers over the next six months. "SMEs are now exposed to greater opportunities than ever for expansion and diversification across all sectors in India. SMEs are beginning to utilize technology adaptation to suppor

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Symphony Services has announced the industry's first integrated Enterprise Mobility solution architected specifically to help software makers conceptualize, productize and commercialize rich, cross-platform mobile application experiences. Symphony's innovative approach to enterprise mobility, delivered via an outcome-based engagement model, ensures a rich mobile user experience, reduces testing and other commercialization complexity, shortens time to market and reduces the overall costs of mobilizing applications. "The pressure on software companies to deliver the highest performing enterprise-class mobile apps has never been stronger, and we intend to lead this space by achieving the fastest time to market for new apps combined with a clear strategy for ensuring customers can monetize them," said Sunil Gupta, Senior Vice-President & Mobility Service Line Head. "Our mobile offerings significantly accelerate the de

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The latest enhancement to CommVault Simpana software ensures that data residing on corporate desktops and laptops is easily protected, archived and indexed improving the availability of all data while meeting ever-increasing compliance requirements. A recent research from Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. reveals that endpoint devices, including desktop and laptop PCs are often under-protected. With Simpana 9's enhanced desktop/laptop solution, CommVault has extended its unified, policy-driven data management approach to help customers lower the cost, risk, administrative overhead and network bandwidth needed to protect and archive remote and mobile data. CommVault's latest solution takes advantage of third-generation deduplication capabilities, which eliminate redundant backup and archive data before sending it across any network. Utilizing source-side deduplication can result in the transfer of up to 90 per cent less data across the

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Su-kam Power Systems has appointed Brijlal Chandiramani as its director. Brij is an experienced trainer, facilitator and a professional coach. His long and varied corporate stints allowed him to develop expertise in Learning and Development, Leadership Development and Human Resources. His consulting and engagement work since 2003, has involved working with both MNCs and Indian companies in the areas of Leadership Development, Professional Skills Development, Coaching and Customized L&D Solutions. Besides all parts of India, his work has taken him to Sri Lanka and Singapore. In his career of over three decades prior to consulting, he worked with NIT, Kurukshetra, Indian Airlines, Modi Xerox (later Xerox India) and Motorola (Motorola University). Major part of his work in this period had been in the area of Learning and Development, ranging from Technical Training to Management Training, TQM, Management Development and later as Executive D

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Riverbed Technology has announced that the company has enhanced the capabilities of its Cloud Steelhead wide area network (WAN) optimization solution, adding compatibility with ESX-based public cloud services. Additionally, Riverbed has extended the breadth of partnerships with cloud service providers for Cloud Steelhead, giving customers greater freedom of choice when choosing to migrate data and services to the public cloud. "As our customers explore migrating business-critical IT services to the public cloud, they have turned to Riverbed to ensure that performance will not suffer," said Apurva Dave, Vice-President - Product Marketing, Riverbed. "Cloud Steelhead enables customers to get the most out of their investment in public cloud services, overcome the performance hurdles inherent in the cloud, and ensure that end-users are able to access the data and applications they need to do business." With the expansion of i